Motorola Moto G4 Play vs Motorola Moto G6 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Apr 19, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
	$250

Design

Dimensions
5.69 x 2.83 x 0.39 inches 144.4 x 72 x 9.9 mm	6.06 x 2.85 x 0.33 inches 153.8 x 72.3 x 8.3 mm
Weight
4.83 oz / 137.0 g	5.89 oz / 167.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash	Splash
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Black, Gray, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.34% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 75.25% screen-to-body
Type
LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 424 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
10 (Poor)	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 410 8916	Snapdragon 450 SDM450 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 306	Adreno 506
Memory
2GB/16GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
2800 mAh	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Motorola TurboPowe

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP	8 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Yes	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
41	38, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jun 14, 2016 FCC ID value: IHDT56VD4
Measured SAR
Head: 0.79 W/kg Body: 1.44 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.46 W/kg

Alternative variants

4G (FDD) Bands	13, 5, 4, 2

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

International version

Other	NFC

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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